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reversing levers

reversing levers is the plural of reversing lever.

Meaning of reversing lever

Noun

reversing lever (plural reversing levers)

  1. A lever in a steam engine that operates the slide valve.
    • Once the train is gliding away gently, one should all but close the regulator, pull the reversing lever up to about 50 per cent cut-off, close the by-pass valve and open the regulator again, all in a flash.1961 March, ""Balmore"", “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 146

Questions about reversing levers

What is reversing levers the plural of?
Reversing levers is the plural of reversing lever.

Words near reversing levers in the dictionary

  1. reversing cylinder
  2. reversing cylinders
  3. reversing gear
  4. reversing gears
  5. reversing lever
  6. reversing levers
  7. reversing loop
  8. reversing loops
  9. reversing machine
  10. reversing machines
  11. reversing out

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